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Berahino will only get better - Irvine

West Brom head coach Alan Irvine believes Saido Berahino will only continue to improve after his flying start to the 2014-15 campaign.

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Written ByHarry West

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The Burundi-born England Under-21 international scored five
Premier League goals in 32 appearances last season, but has matched
that tally already after just seven games this term, as well as
adding the winner in a League Cup win over Hull City last
week.

Berahino is level with Manchester City's Sergio Aguero in
the league scoring charts, behind only Diego Costa of Chelsea, who
has eight strikes to his name.

The 21-year-old netted from the penalty spot in Saturday's 2-1
defeat at Liverpool and, with some beginning to tout
Berahino for a possible England call-up, Irvine believes the
forward will only get better as he looks to develop his
game.

"Everybody's talking about Saido at the moment and
understandably so," the Scot said. "He's a really talented young
player and he's going to miss chances.

"He's still got plenty of things to work on he knows that, he's
very level-headed and a very grounded lad.

"He's really professional in the way he goes about his work on a
day-to-day basis.

"He knows he has to improve and I've got absolutely no doubt
that he will continue to improve. I thought he was a handful for
Liverpool and he needs to be that little more clinical at
times.

"But he'll get that because of how he works on a day-to-day
basis. He works on his finishing after every session."